homeothermal


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adj.1.(Biol.) having constant and relatively high body temperature; warm-blooded; same as homoiothermal; - of birds and mammals. Contrasted to poikilothermal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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